I recently found this web site and thought I would post my questions to see if anyone had any similar experiences. During the past several years went through a divorce. The stress of the divorce and helping my children through this rough time caused me to completely lose my appetite. I ended up losing 80 pounds over a 4 month period of time. I went on for about 8 months not eating much of anything. Finally, last fall things settled down a bit and my life became much happier. I started eating normally again, however, I developed digestive problems. My GI doctor (whom I had been seeing over the last 4 years for diverticulosis) said my symptoms more like IBS than anything else. I had a colonoscopy 2 years ago which was normal (except for the diverticulosis). My symptoms are intestinal gas, bloating, severe constipation and very loud stomach/bowel noises. There are quite a number of foods I now cannot eat because they cause my symptoms. I have been taking something called Colon Cleanse twice a day. If I don't take it every day, my constipation gets worse. If I have a change in schedule (during trips or otherwise) my constipation increases.
Do these symptoms sound like IBS or something different? Any recommendations for diet, etc. would be appreciated.
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